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200 10$aStat-spotting $ea field guide to identifying dubious data /$fJoel Best
205   $aUpdated and expandedition.
210  1$aBerkeley :$cUniversity of California Press,$d[2013]
210  4$dİ2013
215   $a1 online resource (161 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-520-27998-0 
311   $a1-299-84102-3 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $apart 1. Getting started -- part 2. Varieties of dubious data -- part 3. Stat-spotting on your own.
330   $aDoes a young person commit suicide every thirteen minutes in the United States? Are four million women really battered to death by their husbands or boyfriends each year? Is methamphetamine our number one drug problem today? Alarming statistics bombard our daily lives, appearing in the news, on the Web, seemingly everywhere. But all too often, even the most respected publications present numbers that are miscalculated, misinterpreted, hyped, or simply misleading. This new edition contains revised benchmark statistics, updated resources, and a new section on the rhetorical uses of statistics, complete with new problems to be spotted and new examples illustrating those problems. Joel Best's best seller exposes questionable uses of statistics and guides the reader toward becoming a more critical, savvy consumer of news, information, and data. Entertaining, informative, and concise, Stat-Spotting takes a commonsense approach to understanding data and doesn't require advanced math or statistics.
606   $aSociology$xStatistical methods
606   $aSocial problems$xStatistical methods
610   $aalarming statistics.
610   $aanthropology.
610   $acivic.
610   $acrime.
610   $acritical thinking.
610   $ademography studies.
610   $ademography.
610   $adigesting statistics.
610   $aeconomics.
610   $aengaging.
610   $afake news.
610   $ahistorical.
610   $ahistory.
610   $ainteresting overview.
610   $ajournalism.
610   $alively.
610   $amath and stats.
610   $amathematics.
610   $amedia criticism.
610   $amedia.
610   $apage turner.
610   $apolitical.
610   $apolitics.
610   $apotential issues.
610   $apropaganda.
610   $areference.
610   $aresearch stats.
610   $aresearch.
610   $arevised benchmark.
610   $ascientific methods.
610   $asocial problems.
610   $asocial science.
610   $asocial sciences.
610   $asociology.
610   $astatistical misuse.
610   $astatistics.
610   $aupdated resources.
610   $aviolent deaths.
615  0$aSociology$xStatistical methods.
615  0$aSocial problems$xStatistical methods.
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